“This shows that the population growth and increased use of the local jail is not simply a matter of the expansion of the correctional system in Oklahoma generally,” the report concludes, “but reflects mostly local decisions and policies that result in incarcerating a greater share of people in jail pretrial than the county once did.”
The proposed rule would also eliminate “emergency” responses and replace them with “urgent” responses, which would allow investigators 24 hours to initiate an investigation, rather than the current 4 hours.
At least five lawsuits against Shadow Mountain Behavioral Health have been filed in both state and federal court since April.
The McCurtain County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the allegations against the U.S. Marshals participating in the hunt for Aaron Paul Victory Sr., 38, who escaped from the Choctaw County Jail on Aug. 7. Allegations against the Marshals are that both men were physically assaulted and one of the men was put in a dog cage with a police dog.
Despite spending $2.2 million trying to stop drug users from getting public assistance funds, only 2.8 percent of applicants have tested positive.
After Pratt was found unresponsive, he was resuscitated and sent to a local hospital where doctors later said the Armor Correctional Health Services employees refused to send them Pratt’s medical records from the jail, according to documents.
“I’ve got to get justice for Cobie. I can’t just let this go. I just can’t do it, no matter how bad I want to,” Tyner’s father told The Frontier.
A police account of the incident says Jack Morris, 53, refused to obey commands and swore at them before becoming aggressive and resisting arrest.
